Tearing Down the Swastikas- A New Poem!

I almost never publish just one poem at a time, but this might be my very best poem and I want to publish it, so here it is. For an explanation of how I write these poems see this. The rest of my poems can be found by clicking on the "lyrics" label at the bottom of this post. There's about seven pages so click on "older posts" at the bottom of the first lyrics page.

“Tearing Down the Swastikas,” based on “Tearing Down Red Flags” (or something like that) by Razor’s Edge. Original lyrics are here.

1. It’s set roughly during the last 5 or so months of the war in Europe.

2. I get the impression that the plotters of the 1944 attempted coup by part of the German military were far from ideal. They were happy to fight the Soviets and wanted an alliance with the West in doing that. And the coup’s leader was not as politically attractive as they make him look in the Tom Cruise movie, but I imagine he and the others would have called off the Final Solution if they had succeeded.

3. Himmler was head of the SS. UPDATE 4/22/18 I changed Himmler to Eichmann. although Himmler was head of the SS, I have gotten the impression that he didn't have much to do with the Final Solution, so it now refers to Adolf Eichman, who was the main person responsible for the Final Solution.

4. Davis was Jefferson Davis, head of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

5. I don’t believe in Hell, but the way I mention  it here I think  creatively makes a good point- if there IS a hell, I’m sure people like Hitler and Davis are there.

6. It’s a little more about the Western Allies than it is about the Soviets (that is, the 4th line of the 1st verse isn’t about the Soviets). I guess that line also is just about the campaign inside Germany (and maybe Italy and maybe some of the western countries that briefly had fascist puppet regimes and were liberated by the British and Americans (and maybe towards the very end, by the French)). 

7. Everything except 1st person statements is about the Nazis.

8. The half a line about the red, white, and blue (the American flag). It exaggerates how patriotic I am (in another poem (Oh, No, Here Comes a Republican) I attacked about 5-20% of the US population partly in connection with them displaying the flag (I tried coming up with something better that rhymed, but that line was the best I could come up with)). In general I have mixed feelings about the flag. I am fairly proud of the role that the US played in the defeat of Nazi Germany (in another poem I write: "And although the Allied leaders are not consistent/Defeating the fascist states is important.”). In this poem I am saying something nice about the flag in connection with the defeat of Nazi Germany, not in general.

9. The line about wankers. Obviously the US wasn’t tons better than Nazi Germany when it came to gay people, but there was some difference. There was a bigger difference when it came people of color but still not a huge difference, and I’d probably say there was an almost huge difference when it came to Jewish people.

**10. 57% of this version is me, and 43% is the original.

11. I give this poem 5 stars out of 5.
UPDATE 5/27/17 I added "attempted" to the second line of the 3rd verse. 
UPDATE 5/21/18 I think that "breaking" is rarely defined the way I'm using it without adding the word "down," but I think you know what I mean.

You fly your swastika flags, your symbols of war-making.

Don't you f*cking realize, that Nazism is breaking

We're tearing down swastikas, all the way to Berlin.

In their place the transformation to democracy will begin

 (Chorus)

We're tearing down the swastikas- we'll banish Europe's shame.

We're tearing down the swastikas - we’re kicking ass and taking names

We're tearing down the swastikas - we're never giving in.

We're tearing down the swastikas - we're gonna f*cking win.

German soldiers still fighting back, they haven't learned at all.

Don't they f*cking realize, it’s an anti-fascist free-for-all

They're just a bunch of wankers, who hate jews, blacks and gays

Well here's some headlines for you, "your defeat is on it's way".

 (Chorus)

You fly your red, white and black, we fly the red white and blue

It’s too bad Hitler survived the 1944 attempted coup

We're tearing down the swastikas, and we'll tear Eichmann up as well.

And all the Nazis can join Davis in the bigot’s fiery hell.